Parcel remover for mail boxes



M3817, H. s. LYSTER PARCEL RED/[OVER FOR MAIL BOXES Filed Oct. 23, 1929I N VEN TOR:

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Patented May 17, 1932 UNET ED' STATS HERMAN s. LYSTER, orINnInNAroLIsiNDIANa i PARCEL BEMOVER FOR MAIL BOXES particularly to mailbox appliance that is adapted to be used for conveniently andexpeditiously removing postal parcels from a mail box, particularly thesmaller size from boxes designed to receive the largesizes of menvelopes or parcels.

' An object of the invention is to provide improved facilities fordelivery of mail matter to parties addressed, more particularly to suchparties as maintain mail boxes at their 1.; premises to receiveparcelsfrom postal carriers, whether in cities or towns or on rural routes.

Another ob ect is to provide a device where- 3 by parcels may be liftedso as to be convengo iently and easily reached and drawn from a mail boxwhich may have considerable depth soas to make it difficult to reachinto by'hand, especially to withdraw the smaller letter sizes.

A further object is to provide an improved parcel remover that may beadapted to conform to different sizes of mail boxes, adapted to bemanufactured at small cost and be convenient in use, durable andeconomical.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in view, the inventionconsists in a parcel remover of novel construction for application in anovel and useful manner to a mail box whereby to draw parcels therefrom;the invention consisting also further in the parts and combinations andarrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and furtherdefined in the claims appended hereto.

Referring to the accompanying draw- J ings,--Figure 1 is a front view ofa mail box having the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a verticalcentral section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the parcelremover; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of one part and Fig. 5 a rearelevation of the main part of the remover and, Fig. 6 is a horizontalsection and plan of the remover.

Similar reference characters in the various figures of the drawingsindicate corre- Application filed October 23, 1929. Serial No.i401,898.

sponding elements or features of construction herein referred to indetail. As preferably constructed the parcel remover is designed toconstitute a movable part of a mail box which may be variously I5patterned, the remover being adapted to be applied to existing mailboxes and preferably is made adjustable to conform to different sizesand shapes of boxes. For descriptive purposes the remover is shown inconnection with a common upright type of mail box extensively used onthe front of dwellings and elsewhere, the box comprising a back plate 1by which the box may be supported, a bottom 2, sides 3 and ft and afront 5 having a recess 6 in its upper portion that iscovered by a lid 7which extends over the tops of the sides and has a hinge connection 8with the back plate, the upper portion of the lid having a slot 9therein to receive mail matter from carriers. The slot is provided witha shutter 10 connected with the hinge 8. The

a lid 7 is provided with, a hasp 11 to enter a slot 12 in the front ofthe box, there being a lock case 13 secured on the inner sideof saidfront and having a lock bolt 14 to engage the hasp, the lock having akey barrel 15 proj ecting through said front. The front of the boxusually has a number of peep-holes 16 therein through which toconveniently ascertain whether or not anymail matter may have beendeposited in the box.

In carrying out the objects of theinvention, the mail box of thecharacter abovementioned, whether for town or rural mail, is providedwith a movable lifting 'device adapted to be pulled by hand to drawparcels up from the mail box; For a mail box of the type above-describedin detail, a remover.

is provided that is adapted for lifting parcels i upward in the boxsufficiently. high to be con veniently reached and taken by hand fromthe upper portion of the box. Accordingly. the remover comprises a mainpart havinga pocket on its lower end and a handle on its opposite upperend. The remover preferably is adjustable to correspond with differentwidths of boxes already'in use; for such particular purpose the mainpart comprises two body portions or parts 17 and 18 having I V have lowwall portions and 26 respectively and also end walls 27 and 28respectively that are connected with thejpartsl'? and 18 respectivelyand also the low wall portions that are-arranged together at the innerside of the back plate 1 of the mail box, the wall porti-o'ns beingflared so as to closelyfit at their topsagains-tthe back plate of thebox to prevent thin parcels from slipping past the pocket whendescending in the box, the bottom of the pocket normally resting uponthe ,bottom 2 of the mail box While the main portion of thev removerextends upward behind the'front 5 of the box and affords a guide topreventparcels from lodging on the locking apparatus inside the box. Thepart 18 has a rounded, top 29 designed to prevent parcels enteringthebox from catching thereon. The

,part 17 has a handle 30 on its top that extends I eyond .the top 29 andslightly forward so as to, be easily accessible through the recess 6 andpreferably is provided with a ring 31 connected to the upper portion'ofthe handle by meansof a suitable loop 32. Each part 17 and 18 preferablyhas window openings 33 therein. to permitmail matter in the box to beseenv through the peep-holes 16.

In practical use, the mail box customarily is locked, the postman orletter carrier placing parcels in the box through the slot 9 in its top,the parcels fall into the pocket of the remover. When the person havinga key to the. mail. box desires to remove the mail matter the lid7-after having been unlocked is lifted and the. handle 30 readily takenhold the plates respectively at one side of one end portion of theplate, the pocket parts having each a bottom portion andbeing securedtogether, one of the plates having a handle on its opposite endprojecting therefrom and beyond the end of the other of-the two plates.

3. The combination of a mail box and a parcel remover vertically movabletherein comprising a body plate and a parcel pocket on one side of oneend portion of the plate, the 'plate having a handle on the opposite endportion thereof, the pocket having a bottom and being adapted to receiveparcels and to draw them up in the box from the deeper portion ofthe-box by means of said body plate and said handle.

4:. A parcel'remover for mail boxes 'ad'apted to be lowered through thetop to the bottom of the box, the remover comprising a plate-like bodyand a bottom portion extending from the lower end ofthe body adapted toremovably rest upon the bottom of a mail box, the bottom portion havinga low front wall portion flared to engage the back ofthe mail box andhaving also end'walls constituting a pocket on the lowerend of the body,the body being adapted to guide parcels downward into the pocket and tolift the pocket and parcels upward in the box, the upper portion of saidbody being relatively narrow and curved outward to constitute a handleand a guide portion adjacent to the front of the mail box, and a ringloosely mounted on the outer side of saidha'ndle and guide portion tolift saidremover.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature on the 16th day of October,1929; p HERMAN S. LYSTER.

of and pulled upward until the pocket of the remover lifts the parcelssufliciently high to i be easily taken therefrom and from the top of thebox, after which the remover is returned bylowering it to its usualplace in the box. 7 What is claimed is:

1. A parcel remover for mail boxes includ ingaplate-like body and apocket composed of two parts having each a body portion and a pocketportion, the parts being adjustably connected together and one of theparts having a handle projecting from the body por- ,tion, the pocketportions having each a bot- A parcel remover for mail boxes com-.pr-isingtwo plates arrangedadjustably each to the other. and securedtogether and havingtw'o co-op'erating pocket parts fixed to

